Although superior leaders are not so particular in their inspections these days, they will not hold up a sign of formidable avoidance, nor will they splash clean water on the street or pave the road with loess.
However, in the face of the big leaders who had direct jurisdiction over the locomotive depot, the Qianmen locomotive depot still took active action.
The stained paint table in the conference room was wiped spotless.
The high breakage in the enamel jar has also been replaced by the large handfuls from the supply and marketing cooperative, and the reception cigarettes have been replaced by sunflowers from the front door.
Duanchang Xing is also a capable person, and he even called two officers from the education room to accompany him.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
No, it’s the lack of Li Aiguo.
Since Minister Teng came to the locomotive depot, Duan Chang Xing immediately sent a clerk to look for Li Aiguo.
Unfortunately, it was already after get off work, and someone saw Li Aiguo riding his bicycle home.
Seeing Minister Teng's face getting darker and darker, Duan Chang Xing felt for the first time that Li Aiguo was not dedicated.
After your driving meeting, can't you chat with your colleagues? Now let the minister wait
What to do, chase?
Three or four locomotive depot security officers rode bicycles and chased along the street.
It’s just that they didn’t expect that Li Aiguo and Yan Jiecheng would ride so fast.
While riding his bicycle, Yan Jiecheng said with great experience: "Patriot, we are just minions and have no qualifications to show our faces.
When encountering inspections by big leaders, hide if you can. Just avoid it, as long as you don't do anything, you won't make mistakes!"
"Okay, Jie Cheng, you are an old sow wearing a bra now - one set after another." Li Aiguo grabbed the car. He said with a smile.
"That's right, working in an office, if I didn't have some scheming, I would have been bullied to death."
The two of them were speeding in front, with the maintenance officer of the maintenance section chasing after them.
I chased them all the way to the gate of the courtyard before finally stopping the two of them.
Director Zhang panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Driver Li, hurry up, hurry up, the minister is asking you."
"Hiccup" Yan Jiecheng, who was imparting experience to Li Aiguo, was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.
It wasn’t until Li Aiguo left on his bicycle following the security officers that he came to his senses.
It turns out that he is the only one who is a little minion
Yan Jiecheng's face suddenly turned red when he thought of the experiences he had just imparted.
Li Aiguo doesn’t need his ‘office survival skills’ at all!
The gate was as usual, with many old ladies and young wives sitting there.
Jia Zhang stood next to the big tree, holding on to the big tree and looking forward to Jia Dongxu's return.
Seeing that Li Aiguo was being taken away by several security officers, she patted her thigh and said, "Okay now, Li Aiguo made a mistake and was taken away by people in the maintenance section. My son will definitely be able to recover soon." Come back.”
Yan Jiecheng passed by her, rolled his eyes and said, "What are you thinking? The minister wants to see Brother Patriot, and Duan sent someone to invite him."
"Minister?"
In the courtyard Most of the residents are workers, and the only leader I have come into contact with is the district chief.
Now that they heard the name Minister, everyone looked at him in surprise.
The aunt asked curiously: "Jie Cheng, what kind of official is your minister?"
"That's incredible!" Yan Jiecheng stopped, raised his head and said: "The Minister of the Ministry of Railways.
Now he is in charge of millions of people, and all the people on the railways are under the control of others."
"This man knows the steel rolling mill better than the deaf old lady. The deputy director is even more powerful." Jia Zhang's face turned ugly,
There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.
Everyone thinks there is something wrong with Jia Zhang’s mind.
Can the two be compared? !
But everyone has a doubt, why does such a big shot want to meet Li Aiguo?
All the way.
Li Aiguo is also wondering about this problem.
After much thought, I feel that the only possibility is a DC pulse rail circuit.
Li Aiguo followed the security officer back to the locomotive depot and learned that Minister Teng had gone to the studio and rode his bicycle to the studio.
At this time, there were many people standing outside the studio, and Duan Chang Xing was guarding the door of the courtyard.
Seeing Li Aiguo coming over, he hurriedly asked someone to take the bicycle from Li Aiguo's hand, took his arm and said, "Minister Teng seems to have something on his mind, Aiguo, please be careful later."
"Thank you, Chief."
Li Aiguo took a deep breath and walked into the studio.
Minister Teng was seen wandering around the studio with his hands behind his back. He looked at the books on the bookshelf and the various tools on the workbench and nodded frequently.
"Sure enough, there is no shortcut to success. Patriot, as a train driver, you can be so motivated, which is worth learning from all of us in the railway department."
"Minister, hobbies are the best teachers. I like tinkering with these weird things the most."
Li Aiguo poured a cup of tea and brought it over.
Minister Teng took the tea and sat on the chair.
"Driver Li, I believe you already know the purpose of my visit. There is a big debate in the ministry over the two plans for automatic railway signaling. Especially Lao Maozi's plan won the support of most of the deputy ministers and even Support from other department leaders.
Do you think I will choose your plan?”
“Yes!” Li Aiguo said solemnly.
Minister Teng raised his eyebrows: "Are you so confident? Why?"
Li Aiguo said: "Because you are not willing to be controlled by others."
As soon as these words came out, Minister Teng, who had always looked calm, had a strange expression on his face.
"You continue."
"The most common practice of Lao Maozi is to attach other conditions when transferring technology. I believe this time is no exception, right?"
Li Aiguo didn't mean to blame Lao Maozi.
There is no free Dabai Steamed Bun in the world.
Not only Lao Maozi, but also Lao Mei, John Bull and other companies will attach conditions when transferring technology.
Minister Teng did not answer, which was tantamount to acquiescence.
Li Aiguo then said: "You spent your whole life in the army, led the troops, and went through a hail of bullets before driving the enemy away. You want our family to no longer be controlled by others!
Of course you can't accept what Lao Maozi said now. Conditions."
Minister Teng was silent for a moment: "You are a far-sighted person, but some comrades cannot see this now.
Well, there will be a meeting in the ministry tomorrow. You should attend the meeting on time. ”
Minister Teng only stayed in the studio for less than twenty minutes, but it attracted the attention of many people.
Everyone in the maintenance section was very interested in the chat between the two. Interested.
“Patriot, what did the minister say? "Zhou Ke rushed into the studio immediately.
"The minister said that Comrade Zhou Ke is particularly active in work and plans to transfer Comrade Zhou Ke to work in the fifth department. "
"Really? "
"What do you think? "
Zhou Ke: "."
At this time, Duan Chang Xing walked in, looked at Zhou Ke and said coldly: "Zhou Ke, you go back first. ”
After Zhou Ke left, Li Aiguo briefly explained the reason why Minister Teng came to the locomotive depot this time.
"Patriot, feel free to go ahead and do it. Our locomotive department will always be your strong backing." Duan Chang Xing nodded heavily.
This is also the main reason why Li Aiguo did not leave the locomotive depot and go to the Railway Technology Research Institute.
He is just a worker. Even if he makes any mistakes, it is an internal conflict within Ren Min. If things go wrong, he can still come back and drive the train!
If you are a technician, you will probably be in big trouble
In this day and age, you should still be more cautious.
Chen Xueru heard that Li Aiguo was going to attend a meeting within the ministry, so she got busy early the next morning before dawn.
“Brother Patriot, it’s a big occasion, you have to dress appropriately.
When we got married, didn’t you make a woolen tunic suit? Where did you put it?”
Li Aiguo leaned on the bedside: "There is no need for the Chinese tunic suit. You can bring a clean oil-packed suit."
"Those clothes are too plain."
"We are workers!"
"That's right."
Chen Xueru has been in the street office for so long, her ideological consciousness is a little higher than the average person, and she instantly realized that she had just made a mistake.
After putting on his oil-packed clothes and eating seven eggs, two white flour buns, and a bowl of stick noodle porridge, Li Aiguo pushed his bicycle out of the compound.
At this time, in the large conference room of the Ministry of Railways.
Vice Minister Chen and Vice Minister Wang came to the venue and immediately felt something was wrong.
There are too many people attending today.
In addition to the leaders in the ministries and commissions, there are also several technical staff from the Railway Research Institute and some workers' representatives.
"Old Chen, what does Minister Teng mean by this? Does he really want to adopt the plan of the Beijing Institute of Technology?"
Vice Minister Wang can't help but be a little worried.
He was responsible for introducing Lao Maozi's plan. If something went wrong, he would be in a little trouble.
“Don’t worry, Lao Wang, I’ve already heard about it. The Foreign Affairs Department, the First Machinery Department, and the Foreign Trade Department have all sent greetings to Minister Teng.
It’s impossible for Lao Teng to change his mind. , today’s conference is probably just a formality.”
Vice Minister Chen’s confidence is well-founded.
In these years, due to limited conditions in China, few key technologies were developed on their own. Most of them were imported from Lao Maozi.
This time is no exception.
When Li Aiguo entered the conference room, he instantly attracted the attention of many people.
Liu Guozhang was also confused about the content of the meeting. When he saw him, he understood instantly.
“We should win this time.”
Dong Gong lowered his voice: “Director, I just observed that most of the leaders are against it. Can Driver Li convince them?”< br>
"You, just wait and see, I am an amazing student." Liu Guozhang leaned back on the chair comfortably.
Seeing that everyone had almost arrived, Minister Teng knocked on the table to announce the start of the meeting.
“In the midst of my busy schedule, I have invited you to a meeting today to discuss the selection of automatic railway signaling technology.
Currently we have two options, one is to introduce Lao Maozi The technology over there is to be developed independently according to the plan of the Railway Research Institute
Okay, let’s discuss it.”
Because most of the leaders attending the meeting. Everyone knew the relevant content, and Minister Teng didn’t explain much.
The words just fell.
The "introduction faction" headed by Vice Minister Chen and Vice Minister Zhang raised their hands to speak.
They were numerous and occupied the correct high ground, and soon dominated the entire meeting.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Vice Minister Chen stood up and said: "Minister, I suggest that we follow the original plan and introduce Lao Maozi's plan."
"I agree!"
"Agree!"
"Agree!"
A dozen leaders raised their hands to second the proposal.
Dong Gong's face turned pale: "Director, do you think Driver Li can still convince them now?"
"Wait."
The words just came out Falling, Li Aiguo raised his hand.
"Minister, Li Aiguo, the train driver at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot, requests to speak."
Li Aiguo's oil-packed suit had long attracted the attention of the leaders, and now the leaders all turned their attention to him.
“Comrade Li Aiguo is a train driver and a developer of DC pulse rail circuit technology. He is qualified to express his opinion and allowed it.”
Li Aiguo stood up and said: "Introducing Lao Maozi's technology can indeed quickly improve our railway technology level.
But once the relationship between the two companies deteriorates and Lao Maozi does not provide technical support, what should we do? "
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the conference room, and everyone looked at Li Aiguo in surprise. Is it possible to say something like this on such an occasion?
"Pa"
Vice Minister Chen slammed the table: "Comrade Li Aiguo, we are brothers with Big Brother, and the two families are as close as one family.< br>
What you just said has damaged the relationship between the two families!"
Vice Minister Wang also stood up and looked at Minister Teng and said: "Minister, in my opinion, Li Aiguo is slandering us now! Friendship with Big Brother, please arrest him immediately!”
[This scene has a real prototype and is not a fabrication]
Those “importers” also stood up and worked hard! Support the two deputy ministers.
Liu Guozhang and the comrades at the institute stood up to defend Li Aiguo.
For a time, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
After arguing for a long time, everyone finally calmed down and looked at Minister Teng.
Minister Teng pointed at Li Aiguo and asked: "Vice Minister Chen, have you seen what clothes he is wearing?"
"The oil pack suit is a train uniform."
“You are also an old revolutionary with a railway soldier background. Have you forgotten that in 1948, your superiors put forward the slogan to commemorate the May Day Labor Day.
In front of all parties, groups, ethnic groups and all walks of life
The fifth article is that the working class is the leader of the revolution, and the working class is the master.
Li Aiguo is a train driver and a worker from the front line. !
It is they who have supported our entire railway system with their sweat and blood.
It's a technical meeting now. As a worker, Li Aiguo is just discussing matters, so you have to shout and kill.
Have you forgotten your original intention? ”
Minister Teng’s words were so resounding that the leaders in the conference room suddenly woke up.
The person standing opposite them was not an intellectual or a leader, but a worker.
The higher-ups meet with hundreds of workers every year, and the excrement workers have even climbed onto the tower.
Now, why don’t the train drivers express their opinions at the technical conference?
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly relaxed.
Dong Gong covered his heart and said, "No wonder Driver Li is wearing a gas-pack suit today. "
He was a little envious of Li Aiguo's identity.
Vice Minister Chen also woke up and said slowly: "Driver Li, we don't know yet whether the situation you are considering will happen.
However, there is no doubt that the introduction of technology will save time and money. ”
Finally brought the topic back to technology. Li Aiguo also broke into a cold sweat just now.
Of course he knew that his speech just now was suspected of violating regulations, but for the development of domestic railway technology , it’s appropriate to take a little risk.
Li Aiguo said: “Yes, directly introducing technology can indeed save money and effort.
However, the disadvantages are also great.
Vice Minister Chen, as you are the leader in charge of technology, you should know that the development of technology is not achieved overnight, and the same is true for railway automatic signaling technology.
If we give up developing our own technology, we will have no way to accumulate experience and cultivate talents. Once the technology is updated, we will still need to continue to purchase it. "
Vice Minister Chen frowned: "As far as I know, the technologies used in Eastern Europe are all imported from Lao Maozi. Why don't they have such concerns? "
Li Aiguo said: "We are too big to tolerate anyone's neglect.
540 million people, 9.6 million square kilometers of land.
Once we threaten others, those people can use technology to choke us.
They have relied on years of technology accumulation to seize the first-mover advantage. If we want to catch up again, we will definitely pay a thousand times the price.
So, independent research and development of automatic railway signaling technology, which is related to the lifeblood of railways, is our only choice. ”
In later generations, China did not realize the importance of self-developed railway signals until the 1980s. The ministry increased investment, but it has missed the point of the times.
Because of the domestic railway Automatic signaling technology is so far behind that we can only introduce the railway signaling technology of General Railway Signaling Co., Ltd.
In the future, we will have the technology to manufacture high-speed railways.
But in railway signaling. In terms of transponder technology, we still need to rely on old American and European companies such as CASCO.
Of course, these companies have adopted the common joint venture model of exchanging technology for the market.
This is a story for another day.
Now that Li Aiguo is at the point of his times, he naturally cannot tolerate this happening.
Li Aiguo continued: "I have said several times above that we must be independent and self-reliant.
This sentence is very good. Only by self-reliance can we be independent!
If even railway signals are needed If you ask for help from others, you will no longer be able to talk about so-called independence.”
A firm tone!
Awesome!
Looking solemn!
Li Aiguo, wearing a tank top, stood in a conference room filled with Chinese tunic suits.
His voice is clear and powerful, and along with the waving of his gestures, his words reveal confidence and determination.
Both the leaders and technicians in the conference room nodded frequently, and some leaders tapped their fingers on the table. The rhythm seemed to be in sync with Li Aiguo's speaking speed. This silent interaction was a sign of support and expectation.
People in this era generally had the courage to let the sun and the moon change the sky, and they had no idea of dividing the family property and making profits from it, let alone the people of the Daliushu family.
The reason why they argued was also for the development of domestic railways.
“So, no matter how hard it is, we must develop our own technology and take the road of independence!”
After the words fell, Vice Minister Chen took the lead in raising his hands and applauding.
Fierce applause broke out in the venue, and the temperature in the room seemed to be rising.
Seeing this situation, Vice Minister Zhang could only sigh.
He is now a little worried about how to explain to the people at Lao Maozi.
Ever since Li Aiguo shouted the words "independence", the outcome of the dispute over the technical route has been decided.
Minister Teng announced on the spot that the Beijing Railway Research Institute would be responsible for the development of DC pulse rail circuit technology.
Furthermore, the content of Li Aiguo’s speech at today’s conference was also posted to the internal reference.
Late night.
In a mysterious study room, an old man pulled out today's internal reference.
This kind of internal reference has no cover design, with a maximum of three or four pages, printed in 16 pages.
Such a brochure would probably not attract attention at any newsstand. But reading it was once the old man's daily homework.
My eyes instantly fell on the title.
""Independence, develop your own railway signal""
The old man seemed to be interested, put on his glasses, held the newspaper and started reading.
Although the controversy about Lao Maozi has been hidden in the internal reference, Li Aiguo's sentence "Without self-reliance, there is no independence" is still written.
Ten minutes later, the old man looked at the assistant behind him.
"Li Aiguo, this name seems familiar. Where have you heard it?"
The assistant has a good memory.
"[Mr.] mentioned it a while ago. His original words were that there was an excellent worker on the railway named Li Aiguo."
"[Mr.], he is really a discerning man."< br>
The old man nodded, picked up the pen and wrote down a line of comments on the internal reference.
"I agree with the decision of the Ministry of Railways."
After thinking about it, the old man circled the sentence "Without self-reliance, there is no independence" with a red pen.
The assistant's eyes moved slightly and he carefully put away the internal reference.
Internal references do not require approval, but once approved, it is worthy of attention.
This red circle is an opinion, a suggestion, and an order.
Time passed bit by bit.
Early morning three days later.
Li Aiguo woke up from his sleep, washed his face, hurriedly ate breakfast, and prepared to go to the Railway Technology Research Institute.
The Ministry of Railways is very efficient.
After the conference, the first batch of funds was approved for the Railway Technology Research Institute to develop DC pulse rail circuit technology.
Because the importance and scale of this project are far greater than before, the Railway Technology Research Institute established a research group with Liu Guozhang as the project team leader and Li Aiguo and Dong Gong as deputy leaders.
The members of the team come from researchers from the institute and major surrounding universities.
The DC pulse rail circuit project is very tight and needs to be developed before the end of this year, so as to complete the installation and experiment on the first demonstration line on the Baoji Railway.
So Li Aiguo is also very busy at work.
Pushing the bicycle to the middle courtyard, I saw Liu Haizhong reading today's newspaper with several residents in the courtyard.
Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and seven or eight young people were also nearby.
Li Aiguo nodded to them and was about to leave.
Xu Damao suddenly stopped him: "Patriot, is it you who writes in this newspaper?"
"What newspaper?" Li Aiguo stopped.
Xu Damao wanted to take the newspaper from Liu Haizhong's hand, but Liu Haizhong pushed it away: "I bought this newspaper with money, what do you do if you tear it?"
Liu Haizhong personally handed the newspaper to Li Aiguo.
“Look, today the Renren Daily published an article on the front page, “Without self-reliance, there is no independence.”
In the article, it calls on all walks of life to carry forward The spirit of self-reliance requires the courage to shoulder responsibilities and shoulder the heavy responsibility of building the motherland.
This slogan was first proposed by a train driver, but his name was not written.
Jia Zhang came over sneakily, curled her lips and said: "There are so many train drivers, how did you know it was Li Aiguo! This is Renren Daily, and it has such a big slogan, does he deserve it?!"
Xu Damao tapped his finger on the newspaper: "A slogan of this level cannot mention names."
Liu Haizhong also felt that it could not be Li Aiguo.
He is joking, can come up with slogans, and publish them in Renren newspapers. How can he be an ordinary person?
Even Yan Jiecheng, who has always stood by Li Aiguo, agreed with Liu Haizhong this time.
Li Aiguo smiled and said nothing more.
With this slogan, perhaps more people will become more sober in the future domestic debates about technology, industry, trade and trade, industry and technology.
At this time, the postman who had just left came back on his bicycle.
"Oh, as we get older, our memory is also not good. Patriot, here is a remittance slip for you. It seems to be the royalties from Renren Daily."
Jia Zhang was proud. His expression disappeared immediately, and he looked at the remittance slip in disbelief.
Liu Haizhong's expression became a little surprised.
Li Aiguo took a look at the remittance slip, which showed a fee of sixteen yuan.
Well, the manuscript fee is one yuan per word, including punctuation marks. Renren Daily is quite particular.
Li Aiguo casually put the remittance form into his pocket, got on his bicycle and left in a leisurely manner.
When his back walked out of the door, Yan Jiecheng suddenly snatched the newspaper from his bangs, pointed at the words on the newspaper and said hastily: "Oh, the royalties.
The train driver's slogan was published in the daily newspaper today.
This, this."
He could say no more.
This is so amazing, it’s incredible just thinking about it.
Liu Haizhong looked at the slogan in the newspaper and whispered: "It would be great if I could come up with this slogan. At least I could become the workshop director."
(End of this chapter)